Guest guest Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 --- In , Idol <Idol@c...> wrote: > - > > >1. Don't top-post. It's inconsiderate to those of us who have to clean > >up your mess. > Oh, oh! I think I just top posted too, if that means on top of the previous message? Is that what it means? I haven't posted in ages and didn't realize this was a rule. I'm still learning. Sorry. Sheila > If you'd like to make polite requests, be my guest, but you're not a > moderator here, so you have no standing from which to issue orders. > > > > > - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 Sheila, Bottom posting is not a rule here. It's 's preference. ly, have never been on a list that required top posting. Most of the lists I've been on have top posting more than bottom. Does save time to not scroll down. As the spammers won't leave us alone lately and I usually get to them before , top posting is more appeciated. Wanita > > > - > > > > >1. Don't top-post. It's inconsiderate to those of us who have to > clean > > >up your mess. > > > Oh, oh! I think I just top posted too, if that means on top of the > previous message? Is that what it means? I haven't posted in ages and > didn't realize this was a rule. I'm still learning. Sorry. > > Sheila > > > If you'd like to make polite requests, be my guest, but you're not > a > > moderator here, so you have no standing from which to issue orders. > > > > > > > > > > - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Even though my short term memory recovery isn't quite where I'd like it yet if I'm reading a thread generally I do know what has been said prior. As this list is about nonconformity to what we're fed, orally and by word about food and health , its probably a good idea for no one to change their posting preference to fit anyone else's or for no one to expect any other to change specifically to their preference, capitals included :-) One Native American writer I've read capitalized in her book only the first word of sentences and every word that is any part of the natural world except the human species. Wanita > it's true - we have this conversation every three months or so too. last > time we had it, the majority preferred top posting. in fact, i changed my > whole email-writing style for it! and that's it, i'm not changing again, > darn it! next thing ya know, ya'll will be wanting me to use capital > letters or something... > > > katja > > At 05:49 PM 7/1/2004, you wrote: > >And for me, having the reply at the top is easier to understand. > >Especially if you've been following the thread, you really don't > >want to re-read all the stuff, just want to jump in to the meat of > >the reply. Guess everyone has different personal preferences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 >Although all bottoms *know* that they are *really* the ones in the >drivers seat > >~ ROFL! I can only HOPE that this imagery is willful! I suppose the Tops are the ones bursting out for attention ... -- Heidi Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 07:01:37 -0000 " chrismasterjohn " <ChrisMasterjohn@...> wrote: > > > > As you wish, LOL! Actually I need to expand it and update it, but > below > > is the original. > > , > > This piece IS what I was thinking of, but as I read it over, I had a > vague memory of you also posting a detailed argument for bottom- > posting that you had taken from some newsgroup or something written > by two authors. Do you remember this? Do you still have it if so? > > Chris > Actually I do remember that. It was quite good. But I will have to do a little searching to find out. Hmmm...you are online pretty late. No date tonight? The *New* Ten Commandments http://tinyurl.com/245sr " They told just the same, That just because a tyrant has the might By force of arms to murder men downright And burn down house and home and leave all flat They call the man a captain, just for that. But since an outlaw with his little band Cannot bring half such mischief on the land Or be the cause of so much harm and grief, He only earns the title of a thief. " --Geoffrey Chaucer, The Manciple's Tale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 > Hmmm...you are online pretty late. No date tonight? Well, not that it's normal for me to have a date every friday night, but I'd gone out to a club, and returned, and was just online so I had something to do while I was drinking a half gallon of milk. You can find me in the club... Ok, gotta go to work! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 Chris My statement " Good example of where common sense and logic likely disagrees again " is an observation of both top and bottom posting that fits in first screen only and contains both an editable, well understood comment and reply. Reading subject, reply, understanding is possible. Wanita > Are you responding to or me? In any case, what did you mean? > > Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 > > > >Most of the lists I've been > > on have top posting more than bottom. Does save time to not scroll > down. As > > the spammers won't leave us alone lately and I usually get to them > before > > , top posting is more appeciated. > > Thgir ot tfel gnidaer ekil tsuj ,esu ew taht secneuqes laitaps > lanoitnevnoc eht swollof gnitsop-mottob taht tsuj s'ti. > > Chris But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought - Orwell Wanita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 > > Thgir ot tfel gnidaer ekil tsuj ,esu ew taht secneuqes laitaps > > lanoitnevnoc eht swollof gnitsop-mottob taht tsuj s'ti. > But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought - Orwell Are you suggesting that, over time, top-posters may begin thinking backwards? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2004 Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 wrote: >>> Thgir ot tfel gnidaer ekil tsuj ,esu ew taht secneuqes laitaps > > > lanoitnevnoc eht swollof gnitsop-mottob taht tsuj s'ti. Wanita wrote: > > But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt > thought - Orwell > > Are you suggesting that, over time, top-posters may begin thinking > backwards? > > Chris Your thought response here corrupted language to backwards. Did the chicken (quote beginning) or the egg (quote end) come first? More about the how or from what a response is made than the position on the screen. Wanita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2004 Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 Wanita wrote: > > > But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt > > thought - Orwell replied: > > Are you suggesting that, over time, top-posters may begin thinking > > backwards? > > > > Chris Wanita replied further: > Your thought response here corrupted language to backwards. (Thank you for bottom-posting :-) ) " Backwards " could be one form of corruption. I chose it because its an accurate description of the deviation that top-posters make from typical language format. > Did the chicken > (quote beginning) or the egg (quote end) come first? I think it's a trick question, but to the extent it can be answered, the egg. > More about the how or > from what a response is made than the position on the screen. Then I have no idea what you meant by using the Orwell quote. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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